# 2009 European Athletics U23 Championships – Men's 400 metres

The men's 400 metres event at the 2009 European Athletics U23 Championships was held in Kaunas, Lithuania, at S. Dariaus ir S. Girėno stadionas (Darius and Girėnas Stadium) on 16 and 17 July.

## Medalists

| Gold | Yannick Fonsat France |
| Silver | Nigel Levine United Kingdom |
| Bronze | Jan Ciepiela Poland |

## Results
### Final

17 July
| Rank | Name | Nationality | Time |
| | Yannick Fonsat | France | 45.68 |
| | Nigel Levine | United Kingdom | 45.78 |
| | Jan Ciepiela | Poland | 45.81 |
| 4 | Antoine Gillet | Belgium | 46.13 |
| 5 | Yoan Décimus | France | 46.37 |
| 6 | Marco Vistalli | Italy | 46.67 |
| 7 | Marcin Sobiech | Poland | 46.77 |
| 8 | Petros Kiriakidis | Greece | 46.84 |

### Semifinals

16 July Qualified: first 4 each to Final

#### Semifinal 1

| Rank | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
| 1 | Yannick Fonsat | France | 46.42 | Q |
| 2 | Petros Kiriakidis | Greece | 46.52 | Q |
| 3 | Marco Vistalli | Italy | 46.55 | Q |
| 4 | Marcin Sobiech | Poland | 46.73 | Q |
| 5 | Aleksey Aksyonov | Russia | 46.75 | |
| 6 | Matti Välimäki | Finland | 46.89 | |
| 7 | Andreas Bube | Denmark | 46.97 | |
| 8 | Mark Ujakpor | Spain | 47.09 | |

#### Semifinal 2

| Rank | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
| 1 | Nigel Levine | United Kingdom | 45.86 | Q |
| 2 | Jan Ciepiela | Poland | 46.15 | Q |
| 3 | Antoine Gillet | Belgium | 46.31 | Q |
| 4 | Yoan Décimus | France | 46.45 | Q |
| 5 | Eric Krüger | Germany | 46.79 | |
| 6 | Ali Ekber Kayaş | Turkey | 46.84 | |
| 7 | Mame-Ibra Anne | France | 46.93 | |
| 8 | Domenico Fontana | Italy | 47.65 | |

### Heats

16 July Qualified: first 3 each heat and 4 best to Semifinals

#### Heat 1

| Rank | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
| 1 | Nigel Levine | United Kingdom | 46.88 | Q |
| 2 | Antoine Gillet | Belgium | 47.00 | Q |
| 3 | Mame-Ibra Anne | France | 47.17 | Q |
| 4 | António Rodrigues | Portugal | 47.62 | |
| 5 | Aitor Martín | Spain | 47.65 | |
| 6 | Isalbet Juarez | Italy | 48.31 | |

#### Heat 2

| Rank | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
| 1 | Yannick Fonsat | France | 46.88 | Q |
| 2 | Andreas Bube | Denmark | 47.18 | Q |
| 3 | Matti Välimäki | Finland | 47.24 | Q |
| 4 | Sebastjan Jagarinec | Slovenia | 47.50 | |
| 5 | Egidijus Švėgžda | Lithuania | 48.50 | |
| 6 | James D'Alfonso | Malta | 49.19 | |
| | Brian Gregan | Ireland | DNF | |

#### Heat 3

| Rank | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
| 1 | Petros Kiriakidis | Greece | 46.55 | Q |
| 2 | Marcin Sobiech | Poland | 46.63 | Q |
| 3 | Marco Vistalli | Italy | 46.82 | Q |
| 4 | Aleksey Aksyonov | Russia | 46.98 | q |
| 5 | Mark Ujakpor | Spain | 47.36 | q |
| 6 | László Bartha | Hungary | 47.60 | |

#### Heat 4

| Rank | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
| 1 | Yoan Décimus | France | 46.66 | Q |
| 2 | Jan Ciepiela | Poland | 46.90 | Q |
| 3 | Domenico Fontana | Italy | 46.96 | Q |
| 4 | Eric Krüger | Germany | 47.05 | q |
| 5 | Ali Ekber Kayaş | Turkey | 47.15 | q |
| 6 | Marc Orozco | Spain | 47.55 | |
| 7 | German Florentz | Israel | 49.40 | |

## Participation

According to an unofficial count, 26 athletes from 19 countries participated in the event.
* Belgium (1)
* Denmark (1)
* Finland (1)
* France (3)
* Germany (1)
* Greece (1)
* Hungary (1)
* Ireland (1)
* Israel (1)
* Italy (3)
* Lithuania (1)
* Malta (1)
* Poland (2)
* Portugal (1)
* Russia (1)
* Slovenia (1)
* Spain (3)
* Turkey (1)
* United Kingdom (1)